The store is filling up with new fabrics for spring and summer, westerns, southwesterns, florals, wools, minkys, flannels...with lots more coming. Here are a couple of beautiful new Moda collections - Sassy and Rising Sun.

Be sure to check out our new "Big Deals!" section. These fabrics are being priced by the piece - whether it is 5 yards, 3 yards, 1.5 yards etc. All of them are at great savings. They make great pieces for sashings, borders, and backings - places where you need a good amount of yardage. A great idea passed on to us was to find a "Big Deal" in a print you love, then look through your stash to find other fabrics you already have to compliment and use with it. It is always fun to find a use for what you have on hand. The following is a picture of one stack of our "Big Deals".

Outdoorsy and camping prints are always in demand. Several new ones arrived this week with camping and fishing themes. Think ahead to Father's Day and graduation - only a few months away and these would work well in a quilt for the men and boys in your life.

I just couldn't resist showing you this cute bird print called "Nature", as well as the new super shaggy black and white minky and zebra stripe minky. It is hard to get a picture to show the deep pile on these - they are softer than you can imagine!

Do you find yourself straining for light to see and wishing for better lighting on your sewing machine? A new product arrived in the store that will help solve this problem. Called EcoluxLighting, these compact units use an advanced LED method of illuminating the sewing area. They come in a 3- light and 6-light strip. I feel they have solved a problem all of us face as the years go by and our vision becomes a bit compromised. They will work on any brand of sewing machine.

A new pattern for a Reader Wrap. What a fun gift for yourself or a friend, plus great protection for your Kindle or Nook.

The fabrics for the Bella Verona block of the month kits have arrived! We are working on cutting them into kits and they will be available soon. We have room for 5 more in our BOM program, so if you are interested, stop in soon to reserve a spot. If you would rather, the kit can be purchased all at one time instead of in monthly installments. Contact the store for details.

Next week, from February 20 through 24th, we will be holding a Web Shopper Appreciation Days sale on our web site, www.licketystitchquilts.com. Go to our Home Page daily during the sale to take advantage of our Extra-Special Deal of the day.